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The Writing Table is a podcast for writers and book lovers. Whether you're a seasoned writer or curious about the writing life, pull up a chair. Hear from authors from every stage-from New York Times list-makers to debuts. You'll get a behind-the-scenes view of your favorite books-from writing the ugly first drafts to the final editorial processes. Check out interviews with Phillipa Gregory, Jennifer Weiner, Lemony Snicket, Laurie Frankel, and so many others. Come on in-there's always room at the writing table. Hosted by Kris Clink, author of Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy and Sissie Klein is Completely Normal. Kris’s novels are set in middle America where front porches offer the best views, books are treasured, and there’s always room to pull up an extra chair at dinner. A native Texan, she’s now at home in Kansas with her husband, two spoiled pups, and the gorgeous cardinals who visit her back deck.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Writing Table is a podcast for writers and book lovers. Whether you're a seasoned writer or curious about the writing life, pull up a chair. Hear from authors from every stage-from New York Times list-makers to debuts. You'll get a behind-the-scenes view of your favorite books-from writing the ugly first drafts to the final editorial processes.
The Writing Table with Kris Clink is hosted by Kris Clink. The show has published 368 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Literary Agent Tina Schwartz" (27 October 2026, 24 minutes), "Seth Fleisher: The Farther Shore" (22 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "Kathleen Fox on Evie Walters Takes the Wheel" (14 October 2026, 21 minutes).
The Writing Table with Kris Clink publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 368 episodes.
Booking probability for The Writing Table with Kris Clink is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Writing Table with Kris Clink requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Writing Table with Kris Clink's contact route on record: verified email.
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Kris Clink hosts The Writing Table with Kris Clink, a news podcast with 368 episodes published.
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Episode #26
Tina Schwartz is an author, public speaker, and literary agent, and founder of The Purcell Agency. She has a B.A. in Marketing Communications with an Advertising Emphasis from Columbia College Chicago. Her big dream was...
Episode #25
Seth Fleisher is an American author whose work has appeared in the Bellevue Literary Review, Pearl, the Journal of Anthropological Research, and elsewhere. Based in Berkeley, California, he has worked with the World...
Episode #24
Kathleen Fox is a former teacher, school librarian, and corporate trainer. She developed games, children’s books, and music for the school library market, and founded a local art school in her community. She also helped...
Episode #23
Jonathan Edward Durham ( @thisone0verhere ) was born in Eastern Pennsylvania where he read voraciously through his youth and beyond. He studied literature at William and Mary while pursuing a degree in neuroscience, and...
Episode #22
Sara Z. Carson is a public relations professional who lives with her family in Brooklyn. Dark Messiah is her first book. Learn more at sarahzcarsonauthor.com Intro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro Recording Follow...
Episode #21
Laleh Khadivi is the author of The Kurdish Trilogy. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts...
Episode #20
Charlotte Lillie Balogh is an author, a screenwriter, and a comic book writer born and raised outside Boston. She self-published her first book at sixteen years old and later graduated as a Remembrance Scholar from...
Episode #19
USA Today bestselling author HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the author of 17 thrillers, including her newest, the instant USA today bestseller ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, which just won the coveted 2026 Mary Higgins Clark Award...
Episode #18
Rebecca Stafford is a YA author, poet, and writing teacher. Her debut novel, Rabbit and Juliet, was named a Best YA Book of 2024 by both Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. Her second novel, The Ending You...
Episode #17
J.T. Ellison is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels, and the EMMY® award winning co-host of the literary TV show A WORD ON WORDS. She also writes urban fantasy under the pen name...
Episode #16
Leslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She also writes award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance as L. Penelope. Equally left and right-brained...
Episode #15
Jess Row is the author of the novel Your Face in Mine , the essay collection White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination , and two collections of short stories, The Train to Lo Wu and Nobody Ever Gets...
Episode #13
Lisa Roe graduated from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and spent many years as an advertising creative director and copywriter in New York City before she accepted the tougher...
Episode #11
Victoria Lavine’s love of romance novels started in high school with a crate of old bodice rippers and a wink from her local librarian. Now, she writes her own Happily Ever Afters when she’s not enjoying the great state...
Episode #10
Sarah Flocken is an upmarket fiction author. She is also a public relations professional, comedian, improviser, and pun contest host (yes, it’s a thing). Sarah’s poetry, essays, and short stories were published in...
Episode #9
David Ellis is a judge and an Edgar-award-winning author of ten novels of crime fiction, as well as eight bestselling books co-authored with James Patterson. His novels have been translated into more than ten languages...
Episode #9
Amy Archer is from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She has loved writing since becoming her grandad’s pen-pal at the age of six. Growing up on the boundary of various cricket pitches across the north whilst her brother...
Episode #8
Brooke Fast is a lover of dystopian, fantasy, and all things romance. When she’s not writing new worlds, you can find her curled up on the couch with her husband and their pups in their self-built tiny house in the...
Episode #7
Writing domestic suspense under the pseudonym Cleo Ballard, Nan Fischer also writes young adult novels, such as When Elephants Fly and The Speed of Falling Objects. Additional author credits include Junior Jedi Knights...
Episode #6
Stephanie Mack is an author, speaker, and podcast host with a passion for the art of great storytelling. Her novels blend women’s fiction and romantic elements with meaningful insights for readers navigating the...
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